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European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton talks as he attends a press conference on Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, on December 15, 2020. - Ten tech giants meet the criteria to be deemed online "gatekeepers" under proposed tougher EU competition rules, a source close to the European Commission told AFP on December 15, 2020. The firms that would be subject to stricter regulation are US titans Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and SnapChat; China's Alibaba and Bytedance, South Korea's Samsung and the Netherlands' Booking. (Photo by Olivier Matthys / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER MATTHYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)